Cordeiro was victorious in the first contested U.S. Soccer presidential election since 1998, winning the majority vote in an eight-candidate field which also featured Paul Caligiuri, Kathy Carter, Steve Gans, Kyle Martino, Hope Solo, Michael Winograd and Eric Wynalda.

His play has also drawn the notice of the MNT, leading to his first call-up this month. McKennie will look to earn his first cap on Tuesday, Nov. 14 against Portugal (3:45 p.m. ET; FS1, Univision, Unimas).

While sitting in fourth place in the group, the USA still holds all the cards in determining its destiny for Russia. And in that, Wood’s goal did more than just earn the team a valuable point according to U.S. captain Michael Bradley.

“Clint will always be important to this team for as long as he’s with this team. Obviously everybody knows his quality and knows what he can do,” US defender and former Sounder DeAndre Yedlin told MLSsoccer.com on Wednesday.

Nothing would hurt the U.S. program more than missing out on a World Cup. It would be a huge embarrassment to the national team, which has the benefit of playing in CONCACAF’s ultra-forgiving qualifying format.

It’s important to note that the federation’s longtime president was speaking before the stinging setback to El Tri, the USMNT’s first qualifying loss on home soil since a 3-2 defeat to Honduras at RFK Stadium in 2001.

New faces are always welcomed to the US national team, but they’d better make the most of the chance when they get the call. That was Jurgen Klinsmann’s dominant message as he announced his latest roster ahead of this month’s friendlies vs. Cuba and New Zealand. New York Red Bulls playmaker Sacha Kljestan and Borussia […]